Houston's offensive playcalling were running calls on third down. Houston's coaches probably knew they didn't have to take any real chances against this defense, because they could move the ball easily through more conventional ways. They didn't have to throw down field all the time because the Titans pitiful defense wasn't up to the task of stopping Arian Foster or Ben Tate. Matt Schaub was 20 for 28 passing with two touchdowns, one to Owen Daniel and the other to James Casey. There was very little inventive about it today - look deep, throw to the check down receiver. Hence why Daniels and Casey caught more than half of Schaub's completion (11 combined) today.Arian Foster and Ben Tate got the ball a combined 29 times today for 97 yards rushing (Foster had 85, Tate had 11). The running game wasn't too impressive, but it got the job done for most of the game. On other days, the way the Texans ran the ball isn't going to cut it. Tennessee's defense allowed for holes to open up that other, better defenses won't allow for, and the run block was slapdash at times (see below about the problems on third and one.)But the offense looked like a well-oiled machine today, with no major hitches or issues. Matt Schaub generally stayed upright, and wasn't bulldozed after the play. The same cannot be said for his counterparts on the Titans.Houston also didn't turn the ball over. The same, again, cannot be said for their opponents.The real stars for the Texans, though, was the defense.

Wins over Titans must be especially sweet for Texans fans. Any time they can stick it to Bud Adams and former Oilers franchise is a bonus.

There's a certain cache to schooling the Titans, I would think. For many of the players, coaches and front office personnel, they are just another team in the division that needs to be beaten. But to Houston fans, any time they can stick it to Bud Adams, it's a good day.

The Titans offense, unlike the Browns who are just bad, are masters of sabotaging themselves. #nfl

Tennessee committed seven penalties for a total of 73 yards. Four of those penalties for a total of 45 yards were in a crushing third quarter for them in which the Texans defense took over and The Browns, on the other hand, just suffer from a lack of talent. The players they run out there right now, aside from Trent Richardson and some members of their offensive line, are not better than the counterparts they stare down on the defensive side of the ball. Not the Titans.Jake Locker is an extremely talented athlete who needs to be protected by an offensive line that apparently has no clue what it's doing and should be run ragged in practice Monday for letting him get hurt so badly. Kenny Britt (who missed the game with an injury), Nate Washington and Kendall Hunter are all talented wide receivers.And we all know what Chris Johnson is capable of. Tennessee has weapons. But they have to get a complete and mistake free effort to get a winning product, especially with a defense that is atrocious on its best days. But the problems are numerous: Tennessee's offensive line takes penalties like they are a good thing; today, Kendall Wright had a bad case of the dropsies that hurt the Titans dearly at key moments; and bad interceptions that turned into points immediately only lengthened the Texans lead.So far, Tennessee's offense hasn't been able to put together enough complete efforts to win a shootout, which - with an average of around 37 points per game allowed by the defense - isn't a winning recipe.

Faster my butt, but at least, when the refs looked at it, they got it right. #notmissingthosestupidreplacements #nfl

The time it took for the regular referees to determine if Keyshawn Martin got a first down in the red zone in the first quarter after initially ruling him short was right around seven minutes. It was the same thing on a downed punt in the third quarter: the line judge was saying the Titans downed the ball at the five after it had glanced off a Tennessee defender seven yards up field. The other refs corrected the error without having to look at it. You could see that the regular referees had control of the game on Sunday, made sure it moved at a brisk pace, knew what was going on and maintained order.The replacement referees on good nights accomplished none of those. The players were happy to see them back, too. But not overjoyed."It's nice," said J.J. Watt in his post-game press conference. "(I told them) 'Welcome back." That's all I said: 'Welcome back.'"

The Texans were 0 for 2 on third and one at the start of the game, and almost 0 for 3 until the referees changed the spot on the ball on Keyshawn Martin's reception late in the first quarter. That play in particular was the difference for the Texans between three or no points, since it would have been fourth and one, and the seven points that resulted two plays later when Arian Foster bulled into the end zone for Houston's second TD of the game.

Shayne Graham reaches a milestone with that last FG: 1,000 points, just the 45th kicker to do so in the NFL. #history #texans

The Texans defense stood tall, particularly after the first half. Houston's defense did a good job of beating the Titans up, literally, in the first half. But they didn't have a ton to show for it until the second half, when Danieal Manning took an ill-advised Hasselbeck pass back for a touchdown.It was one of several times that the Titans would shoot themselves in the foot in the second half. All three of their turnovers occurred in the second half: the Manning pick six in the third, and two more (a forced fumble and the clinching Kareem Jackson pick-six) in the fourth.This contributes to the point above - the Titans have talent on the roster, and on offense. But a lot of the problems that occurred were self inflicted wounds that, today, put the game out of reach. A lot of credit goes to the Texans defense for making it so, but this is becoming habitual for the Titans to a point where it would have been more surprising if the Texans hadn't forced three turnovers and put the game out of reach with 14 non-offensive points. J.J. Watt is getting a lot of the publicity in the early going because he's been a one-man wrecking crew up front. He is the first player since Kevin Greene in 1998 to have 1.5 or more sacks per game through the first four games of the season.

Quin was totally unblocked. Not even an attempt to block him by the Titans line. Locker is still down on the field.